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Greek farmers block Athens motorway as fallout from illegal subsidies fraud continues

The blockade comes after dozens of people were arrested last week in a spiralling farm fraud case that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by the organisation in charge of distributing EU farm funds.

Euronews

Anger mounts as Greece remembers deadliest train crash two years on

Greeks strike and hold hundreds of protests, directing their rage at the government two years after 57 people died.

Al Jazeera

Greek authorities evacuate another village as they try to prevent flooding in a major city

Greek authorities have ordered the evacuation of a village close to the major city of Larissa, in central Greece, as the river Pineios overflows its banks

The Independent UK

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After Greece's worst train crash, young Greeks rally for change ahead of elections

Young people throughout Greece have staged large protests following last month's collision near the city of Larissa, which killed 57 people, many of them students.

WEKU

Greek parties bleed votes between a train disaster and election

Dozens were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Greece’s worst-ever train accident.

Al Jazeera

Sorrow gives way to anger in Greece’s worst ever train crash

Many of the 57 people who died in Greece’s train accident were young, sparking fury across the country.

Al Jazeera

Greek PM Mitsotakis apologizes for deadly train disaster

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized for any responsibility Greece’s government bears for the deadliest train crash in the country’s history

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Greece braces for more rail-crash protests

LARISSA, Greece: The station master involved in Greece's worst-ever train disaster had his court appearance postponed by a day on Saturday as the country braced for more mass protests over the crash that killed at least 57 people.

Bangkok Post

Greek station master court appearance delayed as anger simmers

Station master faces life imprisonment if found guilty of negligent homicide after train crash killed at least 57.

Al Jazeera

Greek train crash: effort to find bodies expected to end as anger grows

Operation to locate missing passengers likely to be concluded three days after crash near Larissa that killed at least 57

The Guardian - UK

Train crash wreckage scoured as anger rises across Greece

Government accused of rail safety failures, as several Greeks wait to hear if their relatives are among victims.

Al Jazeera

What went wrong in Greece? All to know about deadly train crash

At least 57 people were killed when a passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train outside the city of Larissa.

Al Jazeera

Protests erupt in Greece after train crash tragedy that killed 43 blamed on 'human error'

'Tragic human error' appeared to be the cause of a horror head-on train crash which left 48 people dead and more than 100 injured just before midnight on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said

Daily Mirror

Greek rail workers strike over safety concerns as death toll in train tragedy tops 50

Family members lined up to give DNA samples in hopes of identifying victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Greece Seeks Answers over Deadliest Train Tragedy

A station master on duty during Greece's deadliest train accident is to testify Thursday in the central city of Larissa over the disaster that claimed dozens of lives, plunging the country into mourning. The 59-year-old will appear before a prosecutor to explain how a passenger train with over 350 people…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Leadership Condoles Greek President on Train Crash Victims

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sent a cable of condolence to Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on the victims of a collision of two trains in the central town of Larissa. At least 38 people were killed when a Greek passenger train…

Bangkok Post

Greece seeks answers over deadliest train tragedy

LARISSA, Greece: The toll from Greece’s worst rail accident rose to 42 on Thursday after a head-on collision blamed on “human error” that has sparked angry protests.

The New Daily

Greek minister resigns after train crash leaves 38 dead

The Greek transport minister has resigned and a station master charged with manslaughter over a deadly head-on collision between two trains.

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Train accident in Greece kills at least 36

LARISSA, Greece: At least 36 people were killed and another 85 injured after two trains collided near the Greek city of Larissa, authorities said, as emergency services raced Wednesday to find survivors among the charred wreckage.

Wales Online

Many people dead after train crash near Greek City of Larissa

Multiple train cars were derailed before three more were set alight

Al Jazeera

Death toll from Greece’s deadliest train crash rises to 43

Greek prime minister blames ‘tragic human error’ for the country’s worst rail accident near central city of Larissa.

France 24

Dozens killed, scores injured after two trains collide in Greece

A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in northern Greece, killing at least 36 people and injuring some 85, officials said Wednesday.

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